Well Guys'
as promised a Pic of my new milling machine.
It arrived on a pallet yesterday and with the help of a couple of friends it was safely unpacked and lifted into place on to a suitably beefed up bench!
Today has been spent removing the statutory gunk/gunge and generally cleaning and lubricating, altogether a most satisfying days work.
Close inspection has revealed a well made substantial machine which at this stage I feel is adequate for my needs, having so said the Vice seems a little over the top (very heavy and solid!). Following advice from members I purchased at the same time a set of ER32 collets + chuck which will also fit my lathe and I intend to augment this collet system with specific MT3 collets to fit cutters already in my tool-box (Imperial sizes).
I have yet to bolt the machine down and wish to experiment to find the best place.
I only have one question mark at this stage.
The manual is of course traditional "Chinglish" and has no reference whatsoever to the operation of the fitted quill DRO. Its operation appears fairly straight forward, but the quill fine feed dial calibration which is marked .05mm/division does not concur with the DRO readout.
I haven't actually cut any chips yet so roll on tomorrow!
would welcome any thoughts on the DRO situation (do they need calibration?)
TIA
TerryT
as promised a Pic of my new milling machine.
It arrived on a pallet yesterday and with the help of a couple of friends it was safely unpacked and lifted into place on to a suitably beefed up bench!
Today has been spent removing the statutory gunk/gunge and generally cleaning and lubricating, altogether a most satisfying days work.
Close inspection has revealed a well made substantial machine which at this stage I feel is adequate for my needs, having so said the Vice seems a little over the top (very heavy and solid!). Following advice from members I purchased at the same time a set of ER32 collets + chuck which will also fit my lathe and I intend to augment this collet system with specific MT3 collets to fit cutters already in my tool-box (Imperial sizes).
I have yet to bolt the machine down and wish to experiment to find the best place.
I only have one question mark at this stage.
The manual is of course traditional "Chinglish" and has no reference whatsoever to the operation of the fitted quill DRO. Its operation appears fairly straight forward, but the quill fine feed dial calibration which is marked .05mm/division does not concur with the DRO readout.
I haven't actually cut any chips yet so roll on tomorrow!
would welcome any thoughts on the DRO situation (do they need calibration?)
TIA
TerryT